NC Spin Articles

Below-average state

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 31, 2016. North Carolina is a state where most of its parts are below average. A couple of recent reports dramatically illustrate our uneven circumstances...    Read More

March 31, 2016




Old news

A close examination of newspaper ads shows why newspapers are dying: Those of us who get the print edition are about to die. Here, in order, are the ads on one random day: A half-page ad about reverse...    Read More

March 30, 2016




Business, political leaders engage over HB2

Gov. Pat McCrory found himself on the defensive for another day Tuesday after Attorney General Roy Cooper said his office would not defend the state's new anti-discrimination law against court...    Read More

March 30, 2016

Turnout defies liberal forecasts

If Republicans have been attempting to suppress the vote in North Carolina, they must be the most incompetent tyrants in modern American history. On March 15, some 2.3 million North Carolinians cast...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 30, 2016

Trump and Clinton boost Obama

President Barack Obama’s job-approval rating has risen over the past two months. I think I know the reason why — and North Carolina politicians should take note of it. First the numbers. If you...    Read More

by John Hood   |   March 28, 2016


McCrory hails privacy act

Gov. Pat McCrory quickly signed a bill Wednesday evening that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules in response to the Charlotte City Council’s actions to...    Read More

March 26, 2016